As we write, Iowa is a lock for Cruz with 98% in and him holding 27.4% of the vote to Trump’s 24.9%.

We’re surprised. Pleasantly so, we might add, because we weren’t expecting this. We knew it could go either way but, unlike the “pundits”, we weren’t quite as sure considering how many times those barely sentient nitwits have been wrong in the past. And they weren’t sure either.

We’re concerned that Rubio inched as close as he did. Not that we ever doubted that he’d be third, but we were hoping that he’d be much further down the list since we really don’t like habitual liars. You might say we have a problem with people who piss down people’s backs and tell them that it’s raining.

Or people who screw up and don’t have the humility to fess up to it. We always learned that humility was one of the first things a Christian should aspire to. We personally always failed because we’re just not wired that way but, then again, we’re not the one who is constantly harping and bragging about our Christian values on the campaign trail. But Ruby stubbornly refuses to as much as suggest that he might have screwed up, saying that his Gang of 8 bill was “the best that could be done.”

That’s his prerogative. If he really believes that “the best that could be done” was granting immediate voting rights and citizenship to 12 million felons (you know that crossing the border illegally is a felony, right?) as opposed to not granting immediate voting rights and citizenship to 12 million felons (aka “doing nothing” or “the status quo”), then he’s an idiot, but at least he’s a consistent idiot.

It just would have been helpful if he’d pointed out that closely held belief of his prior to the votes being cast when he ran for Senator rather than after, don’t you think? Especially when his entire campaign was based on saying the exact opposite.

So he’s a liar as well, but dammit, he’s a consistent liar. Meaning that we can count on him lying in the future too. Very reassuring, that. If you like being lied to.

Main thing is, the race is still led by two people that the Establishment hates, and that’s a Good Thing™, whether you’re a “Cruzebot” or a “Trumpeteer.” Keep the goal in sight, people, we’re all on the same team here. It’s time to jam a sword up the gut of the GOPe and then twist it. After we slice them open from the navel to the breastbone.

We can and will do that. We just have to keep one thing in mind: Don’t let the enemy split us, because that’s their only hope at this point. It doesn’t matter if you’re T or C, keep in mind that you’re only doing the GOPe’s work for them whenever you take a huge shit on the other guys. We’re having fun now, but after November we’re still going to be living in the same house.

So, my question is how many total voters showed up for the Republicans vs. the Democrats against the total voters registered for both parties in that state? I think that is very useful stat to know on the temperature of voters in the general. Anyone? Bueller?